Its been so long considering that I was doing Enhanced Box Scores on the regular, its taking me time to get back up to speed on getting the best ideas for what I want to do as the video game plays out, and then put together the development, itself. What I didnt expect to goof was putting last nights EBS in the Bulls category.
– Coming into last nights game, there were simply 2 players in all of baseball who had at least 5 batted balls and had a greater average exit speed than David Botes 100.3 mph (Giancarlo Stanton at 106.5 mph (lol) and Jaylin Davis at 102.0 mph). That is to state, just like he always has at the big league level, Bote has actually hit the crap out of the ball up until now. And then he did this in his one PA last night:
– If that looked like a bullet that went out in a rush, thats since it was hit at 108.1 miles per hour. It went 418 feet, too. The sample this year is, naturally, tiny, but weve had this discussion about Bote in the past– he rips the ball as tough as anybody on the Cubs. And after he got over the broken toe in 2015 (which he suffered in the very first series of the year, and played through), he was silently among the best hitters on the team. He just kept improving, too. From May 21 on, Bote struck.270/.385/.434 (116 wRC+). After the All-Star break, it was.274/.425/.393 (120 ). After August 7, it was.310/.482/.452 (154 ).
– Yes, Bote has a lot of swing and miss out on in his game, but he does not have obvious splits, he has huge power, he makes pitchers work, he takes his walks, and on and on. The guy can strike. We understood this last year, and hes revealing it already once again this year. I comprehend that his primary areas would be third base (Kris Bryant) and 2nd base (Nico Hoerner/Jason Kipnis), however the Cubs need to continue to discover ways to get his bat in the lineup. Yes, you choose your areas and still limit the direct exposure where appropriate, however he can most likely contribute more. Hes likely that great.
– The Reds got back a couple men who homered last night, Mike Moustakas and Nick Senzel, who had actually been held out for a couple of days after self-reporting illness symptoms (however otherwise screening negative for COVID-19). Kris Bryant had a pretty excellent action when asked about the situation, and the fear that guys would not wish to miss out on games by self-reporting:
Kris Bryant said he thanked Mike Moustakas tonight for speaking and following procedures up when he wasnt feeling well: “Thats how were going to complete the season.”
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) July 30, 2020
– Bryant is, naturally, precisely right. As weve seen with the Marlins, the greatest threat to the season is a circumstance where the infection enters into a clubhouse and the team/players dont have their arms around it prior to its far too late and it has spread out quickly. Checking will assist, of course, however we understand the restrictions.
– Remember how I was discussing hitters telling you what theyre seeing, in the context of no one even blinking at Craig Kimbrels curve? This is what it appears like when hitters can not tell for shit what pitch is coming out of a pitchers hand:
Sonny Gray, Swings/Ks on Sliders. pic.twitter.com/a0WHf6b8zv
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 30, 2020
– Anthony Rizzo is so dang proficient at very first base. You might try this scoop on a spiked Javy throw 50 times, and 49 of those times youre eating the ball in the face:
Holy shit look at this pick from Rizzo on a million mph throw from Javy pic.twitter.com/9G59mmDPMZ
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) July 29, 2020
– The Cubs had some fun making this GIF of Kris Bryants “catch” to begin the triple play:
Final: Reds 12, Cubs 7. pic.twitter.com/c2QhKA8md7
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 30, 2020
– Of course, Bryant missed the chance at the ever-elusive quadruple play:
Triple play!
¯ _( ツ) _/ ¯ pic.twitter.com/DMnrP7oAsQ
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 30, 2020
Kris Bryant stated he was “convinced” he captured the ball in genuine time on the triple play. Then he quipped: “I mustve simply threw it to 2nd and then he d toss it to first and then it wouldve been four outs.”
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) July 30, 2020
– What I found most intriguing about the Nick Castellanos grand slam is how well it illustrated that a pitch can look excusable in isolation (96 miles per hour four-seamer well above the strike zone in a 1-1 count), however if misses the target by a mile (was supposed to be down and way inside), theres most likely a factor it wasnt expected to be there:
When Im gone, when Im gone, Youre gon na miss me when Im gone #TakeTheCentral pic.twitter.com/XYBZTclV3L
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 30, 2020
– Cool bit leftover from Tuesday:
From Cubs notes: Báez ended up being 5th Cubs shortstop because 1901 to gather 10 or more overall bases in a video game, 1st given that Dunston recorded 11 total bases 6/4/89 at STL (3 × 4 with 3B, 2HRs, 4 RBI). Other Cubs SS with 10 or more overall bases in a video game: Smalley (2) Banks (5 ), DeJesus
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 29, 2020
– Think about it, and it will become clear:
Up up until today, there had been 72,190 tape-recorded crowning achievement to lead off an inning, which accounted for 72,190 RBI.
Now, there have been 72,191 leadoff crowning achievement, and 72,192 RBIs from them.
— Jeremy Frank (@MLBRandomStats) July 30, 2020
Its been so long because I was doing Enhanced Box Scores on the routine, its taking me time to get back up to speed on getting the best concepts for what I desire to do as the game plays out, and then put together the development, itself. And after he got over the broken toe last year (which he suffered in the very first series of the year, and played through), he was silently one of the best players on the team. He just kept getting much better, too. I comprehend that his primary areas would be third base (Kris Bryant) and 2nd base (Nico Hoerner/Jason Kipnis), but the Cubs have to continue to discover ways to get his bat in the lineup. As weve seen with the Marlins, the biggest risk to the season is a scenario where the infection gets into a clubhouse and the team/players dont have their arms around it prior to its too late and it has spread out rapidly.
